Retreat Advice
Practice advice and instructions for students doing various types of retreat, including preliminaries, lamrim and deity practice.
Training the Mind in Lamrim
Advice on the study and practice of lamrim, the path to enlightenment.
The Guru/Disciple Relationship
Advice on how to practice guru devotion, including seeing the guru as Buddha, offering service and pleasing the guru.
Offering Service to the Guru
Advice on the merit of offering service, which pleases the guru, purifies our negative karma and brings us closer to enlightenment.
Obstacles to Guru Devotion
Advice on how to train the mind in guru devotion, and what to do when we have negative thoughts, criticize the guru and see faults in the guru.
Confession to the Guru
Advice on how to purify negative karma in relation to the guru. This advice was given to students confessing mistakes.
Transforming Problems
Advice on how to utilize obstacles on the path to enlightenment by practicing thought transformation.
Animal Health Care and Healing
Advice on animal health care, including various practices and mantras that benefit animals.